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Handy Mac OSX Commands?

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Cutting & Pasting Files and Folders in OS XSelect files in the Finder, and then combine a series of keyboard shortcuts as so:• Command+C copies the files or documents, note they won’t be ‘cut’ yet.• Command+Option+V pastes the documents into the new location, cutting it from the prior locating and moving it to the new location.Delete Files Command + Delete1. COMMAND + TABJust like on a Windows PC, this keyboard command calls up a horizontal bar of icons representing all your running applications; hold the Command key and keep hitting Tab until the cursor lands on the app you want to use, then release.

2. SHIFT + COMMAND + Ninstantly creates a new folder on your Mac desktop, or in the active Finder window.

3. COMMAND + ARROW KEY (within a document)Miss the “end” key on your old Windows PC? Tap Command + right-arrow to zip to the end of the current line.You can also press Command + left-arrow to send the cursor to the beginning of a line, Command + up-arrow to go to the very beginning of a document, or Command + down-arrow to zoom to the very end.

4. COMMAND + SHIFT + ?Opens the Mac “Help” form, either for the Mac OS X “Finder” or the active application; just start typing to search for help.

5. FN + DELETEHere’s another shortcut for Windows aficionados. On a Mac, the “Delete” key behaves more like a backspace key, deleting the characters behind the cursor. But what if you want to delete characters in front of the cursor, as the “Delete” key does on many Windows keyboards? Fn + Delete is the answer.

6. SPACEBAR (or COMMAND + Y)Activates the Mac’s powerful “Quick Look” feature for the selected document—anything from a PDF or Word file to an image or an MP3.

7. OPTION + COMMAND + YSelect a group of files, then use this keyboard command to jump to Quick Look’s “slideshow” mode—perfect for launching an impromptu slideshow of, say, a batch of images on your desktop.